[Access the paper here.](http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13050834) Land cover change is the leading cause of global biodiversity decline. New satellite platforms allow for monitoring of habitats in increasingly fine detail, but most applications have …
[Access the paper here.](http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/8182) The loss of natural habitat resulting from human activities is the principal driver of biodiversity loss in terrestrial ecosystems globally. Metrics of habitat loss are monitored at …
The previous tutorial covered a bunch of the basics with some pretty straightforward data, and was more focused on how R works. Now we’ll be looking at slightly more complicated data (species data), which will require learning some fancier data handling.
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/5889) We conducted a survey among people working in the nature conservation community in an implementation, research or policy capacity to identify research questions that they felt were …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.12729) Motivation: The BioTIME database contains raw data on species identities and abundances in ecological assemblages through time. These data enable users to calculate temporal trends in …
[Access the paper here.](https://dx.doi.org/10.1073%2Fpnas.1619014114) Prolonged periods of extreme heat or drought in the first year after fire affect the resilience and diversity of fire-dependent ecosystems by inhibiting seed germination or …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.01945) Despite decades of study, the relative importance of niche-based versus neutral processes in community assembly remains largely ambiguous. Recent work suggests niche-based processes are …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.12705/662.9) Taxonomy provides a universal method to classify biodiversity at different scales locally and globally. Currently, existing taxonomic treatments are scattered, limiting their accessibility and …
[Access the paper here.](https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.12619) Aim: Although existing bioregional classification schemes often consider the compositional affinities within regional biotas, they do not typically incorporate phylogenetic information …
[More on the book here.](https://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199679584.001.0001/acprof-9780199679584) The world's mediterranean-climate regions all have mild, winter-rain climates that have developed over the past several …